Europe Needs A Gitmo

Posted: 12/25/2016

History is often full of irony!

The Terrorist Attack Of Berlin

The latest radical islamic attack on Berlin perpetrated by a single attacker using a large commercial truck demonstrates a need in the European Union for something similar to the detention facility in Guantanamo Bay Naval Station.

An Odyssey Of Sorts

As it turned out the attacker was convicted in Italy as a criminal who is presumed to have entered Italy from Tunisia in or around 2011. His asylum or refugee status was rejected in either Germany or Italy. He had been under observation by Germany law enforcement authorities for a few months, but monitoring was ended just shortly before he went on the killing spree in Berlin. His homeland, Tunisia, refused to take back this “citizen”. The perpetrator had assumed several false identities while moving around in Europe.

Concentration Camps, Labor Camps, And Gitmo

Unfortunately, Europe’s history is marred with terrible, historical examples of concentration or labor camps (Germany, United Kingdom, Soviet Union). Thus, it is difficult for some Europeans to support the idea of a European Gitmo.

This should not be a serious obstacle! It would be quite possible to establish a very humane camp to hold terrorist suspects for some time in accordance with human rights!

P.S.

I have not had the time to research or follow all the details of this latest heinous crime, i.e. the Berlin attack of December 19, 2016. Please excuse my inaccuracies here in this blog post! I only tried to capture some of the essence of this event.